diff --git a/shellscripts/api-client.sh b/shellscripts/api-client.sh
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-#!/bin/bash
-# ======================================================================
-#
-# API CLIENT :: proof of concept
-#
-# This is a demo api client
-#
-# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-#
-# my projects and secrets
-# DATA:ci-webgui:cOiScVAElvcJKmJ1eGrKXZvv6ZROlSgZ9VpSVFK1uxZI8J5ITXuZZb8jIYobuoAB
-#
-# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-# 2020-06-12 first lines <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch>
-# ======================================================================
-
-# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-# CONFIG
-# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-apiHost="http://dev.ci.iml.unibe.ch:8002"
-line="----------------------------------------------------------------------"
-
-
-# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-# FUNCTIONS
-# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-function showhelp(){
-echo "
-SYNTAX
- projects show projects
-
- buildinfo [project] [branch]
- show infos about what happens on build
-
- build [project] [branch]
- execute build
-
- phases [project]
- show status of phases
-
-PARAMETERS:
- project project id in ci; see output or projects
- branch name of branch (optional), i.e. origin/feature-123
-"
-}
-
-
-function makeRequest(){
-
- local apiMethod=$1
- local apiRequest=$2
- local secret=$3
-
- echo $apiMethod ${apiHost}${apiRequest}
- echo $line
-
- if [ ! -z "$secret" ]; then
-
- # --- date in http format
- LANG=en_EN
- # export TZ=GMT
- apiTS=`date "+%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z"`
-
-
-# --- generate data to hash: method + uri + timestamp; delimited with line break
-data="${apiMethod}
-${apiRequest}
-${apiTS}
-"
-
- # generate hash - split in 2 commands (piping "cut" sends additional line break)
- myHash=`echo -n "$data" | openssl sha1 -hmac "${secret}" | cut -f 2 -d" "`
- myHash=`echo -n "$myHash" | base64`
-
- curl -i \
- -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
- -H "Date: ${apiTS}" \
- -H "Authorization: demo-bash-client:${myHash}" \
- -X $apiMethod \
- ${apiHost}${apiRequest}
- else
- curl -i \
- -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
- -X $apiMethod \
- ${apiHost}${apiRequest}
- fi
-}
-
-
-# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-# MAIN
-# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
- showhelp
- exit 1
-fi
-
-myProject=$2
-secret=`grep "^#\ DATA:${myProject}:" $0 | cut -f 3- -d ":"`
-
-
-case $1 in
-
- # --- projects is an access without autorization
- "projects")
- makeRequest GET /api/v1/projects
- ;;
-
- # --- access WITH autorization only
- "build")
- makeRequest POST /api/v1/project/$myProject/build/$3 "$secret"
- ;;
- "buildinfo")
- makeRequest GET /api/v1/project/$myProject/build/$3 "$secret"
- ;;
- "phases")
- makeRequest GET /api/v1/project/$myProject/phases "$secret"
- ;;
- *)
- echo "ERROR: unknown parameter $1"
- exit 2
-esac
-
-rc=$?
-echo
-echo $line
-echo rc=$rc
-
-exit $rc
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diff --git a/shellscripts/api-imlciserver.sh b/shellscripts/api-imlciserver.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# ======================================================================
+#
+# API CLIENT :: API REQUEST TO IML CI SERVER
+#
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 2020-07-23 first lines <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch>
+# ======================================================================
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# CONFIG
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+line="----------------------------------------------------------------------"
+# LOG_FILE=/tmp/`basename $0`-last.log
+# exec > >(tee -a ${LOG_FILE} )
+# exec 2> >(tee -a ${LOG_FILE} >&2)
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# FUNCTIONS
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+function showhelp(){
+echo "
+SYNTAX:
+ -a ACTION set name of an action
+ -b BRANCH set custom branch to access, i.e. origin/feature-123
+ -p PROJECT project name in the ci server; overrides env variable IMLCI_PROJECT
+ -s SECRET API secret for the given project; overrides env variable IMLCI_API_SECRET
+ -u URL URL of iml ci server without trailing /; overrides env variable IMLCI_URL
+
+ACTION:
+ ... without given project and secret
+ projects show projects
+
+ ... with project and secret
+ buildinfo [branch]
+ show infos about what happens on build
+ build [branch]
+ execute build
+ phases show status of phases
+
+EXAMPLES:
+ `basename $0` -u https://ci.example.com -a projects
+ `basename $0` -u https://ci.example.com -p myproject -s 12345678 -a buildinfo
+ `basename $0` -u https://ci.example.com -p myproject -s 12345678 -a build
+"
+}
+
+
+function makeRequest(){
+
+ local apiMethod=$1
+ local apiRequest=$2
+ local secret=$3
+
+ echo $line
+ echo $apiMethod ${apiHost}${apiRequest}
+ echo $line
+
+ if [ ! -z "$secret" ]; then
+
+ # --- date in http format
+ LANG=en_EN
+ # export TZ=GMT
+ apiTS=`date "+%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z"`
+
+
+# --- generate data to hash: method + uri + timestamp; delimited with line break
+data="${apiMethod}
+${apiRequest}
+${apiTS}
+"
+
+ # generate hash - split in 2 commands (piping "cut" sends additional line break)
+ myHash=`echo -n "$data" | openssl sha1 -hmac "${secret}" | cut -f 2 -d" "`
+ myHash=`echo -n "$myHash" | base64`
+
+ curl -i \
+ -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+ -H "Date: ${apiTS}" \
+ -H "Authorization: demo-bash-client:${myHash}" \
+ -X $apiMethod \
+ ${IMLCI_URL}${apiRequest}
+ else
+ curl -i \
+ -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+ -X $apiMethod \
+ ${IMLCI_URL}${apiRequest}
+ fi
+}
+
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# MAIN
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+echo
+echo ===== API CALL TO IML CI SERVER :: `date` =====
+echo
+
+if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
+ showhelp
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+while getopts "a:b:u:p:s:" option; do
+case ${option} in
+ a)
+ apiAction=$OPTARG
+ ;;
+ b)
+ branch=$OPTARG
+ ;;
+ u)
+ export IMLCI_URL=$OPTARG
+ ;;
+ p)
+ export IMLCI_PROJECT=$OPTARG
+ ;;
+ s)
+ export IMLCI_API_SECRET=$OPTARG
+ ;;
+ *)
+ echo ERROR: invalid option [${option}]
+ exit 1
+esac
+done
+
+echo Params: $*
+echo "IMLCI_URL = $IMLCI_URL"
+echo "IMLCI_PROJECT = $IMLCI_PROJECT"
+echo "IMLCI_API_SECRET = $IMLCI_API_SECRET"
+echo
+
+echo ACTION: $apiAction
+case $apiAction in
+
+ # --- projects is an access without autorization
+ "projects")
+ makeRequest GET /api/v1/projects
+ ;;
+
+ # --- access WITH autorization only
+ "build")
+ makeRequest POST /api/v1/project/$IMLCI_PROJECT/build/$branch "$IMLCI_API_SECRET"
+ ;;
+ "buildinfo")
+ makeRequest GET /api/v1/project/$IMLCI_PROJECT/build/$branch "$IMLCI_API_SECRET"
+ ;;
+ "phases")
+ makeRequest GET /api/v1/project/$IMLCI_PROJECT/phases "$IMLCI_API_SECRET"
+ ;;
+ *)
+ echo "ERROR: unknown action [$apiAction]"
+ exit 2
+esac
+
+rc=$?
+echo
+echo $line
+date
+echo rc=$rc
+
+exit $rc
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